Reply 60 of 86, by boxpressed
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wrote:falloutboy, wow! […]
falloutboy, wow!
I fnally got around to trying out Power YMF and loading the 4MB sound bank. I admit I don't know much about MIDI but this thing sounds awesome! I cannot tell the difference between it and the Yamaha S-YXG100 software synth.
I have a lot more testing to do but I get DirectX 7, Sensaura and Yamaha synth all in one package. I may not get the synth in pure DOS mode but who cares, it works flawlessly in Windows MS-DOS Mode window (ok, so it's a full-screen only window 🤣)
EDIT: forgot to mention, real OPL3 too
I finally got around to playing around with a YMF724 on my Intel SE440BX-2 using the default drivers from Yamaha's site. I have to say that the GM music sounds better than almost every other solution I have used. I guess I have to chalk it up to the superior Yamaha instrument set. If you're going to do your DOS gaming in a Windows DOS box, it would be hard to beat this card for GM. You could pay a lot more for a DB or an expensive standalone board and not be as happy. I think I like the default patch set even better than much larger soundfonts loaded on the SB Live!.
DOS compatibility with the SB-Link seems to work great too. Shame that there's no way to access GM from DOS as you can with the Live!
Power YMF seems really cool too. Am I right in assuming that the "default" 2.31MB bank is the one the card would use if Power YMF were not installed? The extended 4.61 bank produces a little distortion with Duke3D, but I'll test it with other games.